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Year-Round
rain or shine

Urban Grocery and

                       Wine Bar:   

            602-254-1799          

Tuesday – Friday

11 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Saturdays 

8 a.m. – 8 p.m.

             Open-Air Market:            

Wednesdays

4 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Saturdays
8 a.m. - Noon May-September

8 a.m. - 1 p.m. October - April

Where:
14 E. Pierce / 721 N. Central
NE Corner of Central Ave. & Pierce St.
(3 blks S of Roosevelt) map

• Free parking on lot and
  street available
• VISA, MasterCard
• Food Stamps and AZ Farmers
  Market Nutrition Program
  (AZ FMNP) checks accepted

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Top Chef visit donate here Downtown Phoenix Public Market

Critics Choice 2008 AZ Best

Chef Elizabeth

Visit Market Chef Elizabeth's website: www.leave-it-to-elizabeth.com

Blog at: www.themarketchef.com

 

To contact our Market Performers,
CLICK HERE

 

Welcome to the Phoenix Public Market, a program of  Community Food Connections, a 501 c 3 non-profit organization. The Market marks the spot where community revitalization, economic development and a showcase for local small-scale agriculture and local artists and crafters intersect in the heart of the city.     

July 27-31: Weekly CSM card specials in the Urban Grocery and Wine Bar (for cardholders only) are:

All Week - Any 6-pack 4 Peaks beer (8th St. Ale or Kilt Lifters) - buy 1, get 1/2 off the 2nd!

 

T-Day special (Tuesday and Thursday only!) Stop by for a free 4 oz. Market Melon Salsa at the cash register!

The Phoenix Public Market is your market. We’re now offering a Community Supported Market (CSM) card. This innovative CSM card program allows you to pre-pay for your purchases from the Urban Grocery and Wine Bar at a discount

The more you purchase, the more you save:

$50 card – no discount

$100 card for only $95 – a 5% savings

$250 card for only $225 – a 10% savings

$500 card for only $425 – a big 15% savings

As a CSM card holder, you’ll also be eligible for special promotions on seasonal items and exclusive offers for our events. Every week you’ll receive an e-mail with our CSM card special offers. For more information please visit http://foodconnect.org/phoenixmarket/csm.asp

 

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Your contribution to Community Food Connections is tax deductible.

Thank you for your support.

 


  

 

 

Your financial contribution today helps the Phoenix Public Market benefit local farmers and producers, the local economy, consumers and community revitalization efforts through:

  • Helping low-income families to buy fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables;
  • Providing a resource guide promoting nutrition services at farmers' markets;
  • Sustaining Arizona’s agricultural bounty and heritage;
  • Supporting the local economy;
  • Growing the Phoenix Public Market, adding to revitalization efforts and providing opportunity for neighborhood businesses;
  • Showcasing local farmers;
  • Connecting school cafeterias with farmers and providing children with access to healthy, nutritious and delicious local food.

Here are a few links with stories, photos of the Market Store for you to follow:

http://downtowndevil.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/slower-food-at-phoenix-public-market/#comment-121

http://www.examiner.com/x-4203-Phoenix-Farmers-Markets-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Phoenix-Urban-Grocery-and-Wine-Bar-opens

http://www.azcentral.com/photo/#phototop (go to Community tab, 4th row)

Phoenix Permaculture Classes - Please visit Phoenix Permaculture for class location and more info.

new store sign  Our new store sign!
(Design and photo by Tom Martin of TMPDC, sign by Airpark Signs.)

 

 

 

Support the Market with your United Way pledge at your workplace! Our # is 56528

Make pledges to:

Community Food Connections

P.O. Box 22216

Phoenix, AZ  85028

602-493-5231

Check with your employer as to how to sign up.

LISC Phoenix provided a $30,000 operating grant and brought the Arizona Community Foundation, St. Luke's Health Initiatives and other funders to the table, raising a year's worth of working capital for expanded operations. With operating funds in hand, CFC can now secure loan funds from the Industrial Development Authority of the City of Phoenix for tenant improvements to turn the spare brick building into a permanent Market Store.

For some photos from LISC's newsletter, The Portal, please visit Slide Show.

A Day at the Market - time lapse video from the heights of the Westward Ho by John McIntosh -               
                              click here to view at YouTube

One Community logoCommunity Food Connections is proud to be a member of ONE Community - an interactive web and events community for gay, lesbian and allied individuals and corporations. 

A million thanks to Austin Commercial and Tom Condon and Dave Niehuis for taking care of the parking lots and being wonderful neighbors. We truly appreciate their support. Also, heartfelt kudos to Southwestern Litho - they provide storage, and the nuts and bolts help with trash and utilities to keep things clean and comfortable. And props to our landlord Kurt Schneider of Schneider & Schneider LLC, also, for everything, little and big...

Look for the More of Arizona's Best products - McClendon's Select Honey, Queen Creek Olive Mill items, Grady's Barbeque, Urban Ovens and Fistiki Farms in the Urban Grocery and Wine Bar!

 


Downtown Phoenix Public Market, By Sharon Salomon
Article Reprinted with permission from Phoenix Downtown Magazine
December 2007
When I moved to Phoenix some 30 years ago, small farms surrounded our West Phoenix neighborhood. We used to buy fruits and Downtown Phoenix Public Marketvegetables from a farmer-owned produce stand a few blocks from our house. Iappreciated buying directly from the person who had grown the food. There was a certain charm to knowing that the farmer from whom I was buying had personally picked the corn I was serving for dinner that night. Unfortunately, those small farms are long gone, replaced by strip malls and houses. Read the full text of this lovely story and   click on picture for full view.


Find out more about WHO'S WHO at the Market. Click on "Our Vendors" under the Market News tab (above), or click here  --  and scroll down or click on the categories listed at the top for a product overview and contact information.

Photos by Linda Felde

Flowers and squashgarlic in basket

cheese and succulents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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INSIDE PHOENIX, On the Issues
Expansion Plans - Downtown Phoenix Public Market

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Phoenix Channel 11

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March 2009: On The Issues; Inside Phoenix:  Expansion plans for the Downtown Phoenix Public Market; Video interview featuring Community Food Connections Executive Director, Cindy Gentry and Maya Dailey of Maya's Farm, Board member of Community Food Connections and Don Keuth President of The Phoenix Community Alliance  

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Everything offered for sale at the Market is grown or made by the person selling it and the more ingredients that come from Arizona and the southwest the better. A limited amount of produce will be brought by the farmer from other Arizona farms - feel free to talk to them about where their produce comes from and their growing practices. Open since February 2005 the Market is a natural gathering place that celebrates neighborhoods and the neighbors. It offers an eclectic high-quality mix of:

  • Fresh in-season fruits and vegetables, produce, flowers, jams,
    baked goods, dried beans, free-range eggs and honey
  • Live plants and unique local arts and crafts
  • Tasty hot foods, music and more

The Downtown Phoenix Public Market:

  • Creates new and alternative outlets for Arizona growers and producers.
  • Expands access to nutritious and locally produced foods for low-income children and adults.
  • Brings new destinations and neighborhood retail and expanded pedestrian linkages.
  • Meets escalating consumer demands for fresh and locally-produced foods.
    Builds local wealth, jobs and a revitalized community hub for residents of the community in which the market is located.
  • Leverages resources for community-based organizations and other food and business related groups.
  • Returns the market area to its historic role as a distribution area for Arizona produce/food brokers.
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Urban Grocery and Wine Bar:

Tuesday - Thursday

11 a.m. - 8 p.m.

First Friday - August 6 Spoken Word Fest! (7 - 11 p.m.)

store open 11 a.m. - 11 p.m.

Saturdays

8 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Open-Air:
Wednesdays
4 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Saturdays
8 a.m. - Noon


Inside Phoenix :: 
Expansion Plans for the Market
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What's Happening

Many thanks to all of you who visit the Market through rain and shine!

Your donation supports downtown's first local food grocery store. Located just adjacent to the current Market site, the Market Store increases your access to fresh, local products, add to the Market's visibility, and help us grow closer to our goal of establishing a permanent public market in the heart of our city.

With your donation to Community Food Connections and the Phoenix Public Market, you also are supporting local small businesses, independent artisans, and Arizona agriculture.

Keep those votes coming - Only till Aug. 31 to vote for your favorite: The Phoenix Public Market is way ahead of the pack, thanks to you! http://action.farmland.org/site/PageNavigator/Americas-Favorite-Farmers-Markets/best_local_farmers_market_vote

 

Join us in the Urban Grocery Store to celebrate First Friday, August 6, 7 p.m. - 11 p.m. for a Spoken Word Fest!

Wednesday MarketTruckin’ Good Food will have a full menu of their fabulous crepes to offer. July is national hot dog month and it’s still not too late to try out some of the good-for-you / good for your soul dogs at Short Leash Dogs tonight. Dr. Hummus, Troyer Poultry, The Tamale Store, Native American Arts and Crafts, and Wei of Chocolate are some of the other vendors who join our farm stalls at the Market!

Saturday Market: Welcomes new baker Produce Arizona – they will have a variety of cheesecake, their famous Patty Cookies, Italian Chocolate Chip cookies. The Cake Contessa will be selling a variety of awesome cupcakes as well. 50% of the sales will benefit Produce AZ’s new teen farmer program.

Rainbow Valley Cheese is back with fresh farm cheese and butter. Arizona Bread’s artisan baked goods and bagels are a hit any time of the day or night. Enjoy Meharian’s pots and ceramic creations, Fallen Wood’s functional art. Botanicals in Clay has some new colors and designs, as does Alley Cat Studio. Absolutely Delightful has some, you guessed it, absolutely delightful raw and local honey, while Lil’ Sassy Salsa and Poppa Maize Gourmet Popcorn are rockin’ the house with some special flavors. Stop by Mi Catering for a juicy burrito, or Fiscalini Cheese for some fabulous cheese.

Need motivation to exercise this time of year? Challenge yourself to join the Downtown Phoenix Fitness Walk / Jog every Saturday morning at 7 a.m. at Central and Pierce – south corner of the Market at Central Ave. It’s free and parking is free on the Market lot – east side of the alley. Bring water, friends and get more details at www.mileclubchallenge.com

Market vendor Orlando Zapata from Wei of Chocolate has created a summer donation drive for several local domestic violence shelters – a donation box is located inside the front door of the Urban Grocery for the following much needed items: Thank you for your consideration.

Kitchen & Bath Items

Cleaning Products

Paper Products

Small Appliances

Utensils

Dishes

Shampoo

Towels

 

Toiletries

Deodorant

Shampoo

Lotion

Toothpaste

Mouthwash

Tooth brushes

Soap

Razors

 

Baby Supplies

Baby food/ baby formula

Teething Rings

Bottles

Pacifiers

Bathing items

Diapers (all sizes)

Wipes, Lotion & Powder

Toys

Bibs

 

Gift Cards

Gas

Groceries

Home Goods

 

Urban Grocery summer wine and beer specials:

Tuesday: buy 1 bottle, get 2nd bottle half price
Wednesday: $1 off 6 packs of beer (local and regional artisan beers available individually, 6-pack or build your own 6-pack)
Thursday: $1 off wine flights
Friday: 25% off 6 bottles of wine or more
Saturday: $2 off bottle of wine with purchase of artisan cheese plate
Sunday & Monday: closed
Everyday Recycling program: Bring in 12 empty wine bottles, receive $3 coupon to spend at the Market

Phoenix Permaculture Guild: Please check www.phoenixpermaculture.org for class location and more info.

Arizona Homegrown Solutions: Please visit http://azhomegrownsolutions.ning.com/ for upcoming events, interest and action groups.

 

Join us now on Twitter at http://twitter.com/PHXPublicMarket

and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/phoenixpublicmarket

 

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